Sectional clock case



5 5 5 9 1 D A E H E n. H w H R May 20, 1924.

SECTIONAL CLOCK GASE Filed Sept. 6. 1923 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 20, 1924. 1,495,055 R. WHITEHEAD SECTIONAL CLOCK CASE Filed Sept. 6. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

Patented May 20, 192.4.

UNITED sures PATENT oversea.

RICHARD HENRY WHITEHEAD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSYLGHOR TC NEW HAVEN CLOCK 60., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,

A CORPORATION.

sno'rIoNaL eLoci': ensn Application filed September 8, 1923. Serial No. 661,123.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. WHITE- HEAD, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New Haven, inthe county of New 6 Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sectional Clock Cases; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Fig. I a View in front elevation of one form which a sectional clock-case, embodying my invention, may assume.

Fig. 2 an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 a View thereof in vertical trans verse section on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 a detached perspective view of the clock-base,

Fig. 5 a corresponding view ofthe caseback, showing its inside face.

Fig. 6 a corresponding view of the casefront.

Fig. 7 a detached perspective view of the flexible spacing-strip. V

My invention relates to an improvement in sectional wooden clock-cases, the object being to produce, at a low costfor manufacture, a simple, light and attractive clockcase, constructed with particular reference to reducing the cost of the time, labor and 3 material entering into such clock-cases, by

finishing their several sections before the assemblance thereof and by assembling them without the aid of glue; to gaining space within them, and to permitting themto be packed and transported before assemblance, if desired, without any occasion for refinishingat the time of assemblance. My invention also enables the case-parts to be made in large quantities and stored, preparatory to bring assembled and fitted, with great economy of space over clock-eases made and finished in accordance with common practice. v I

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a sectional clock-case, the sections of which are constructed and adapted to be finished before assemblance.

My, invention further consists in a sectional clock-case having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as of thefront-board, while its rear edg in the grooves 19 and will be hereinafter described and. partic ularly pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, as herein shown, my improved clock-case consists of a base-boardlO, a case-front or frontboard 11, a case-back or rear-board 12, and a relatively thin spacing-strip or spacer 13 forming the top and end-walls of the finished case. The base-board 10 is formed 1n 1ts upper face, and respectively adjacent to its front and rear edges, with longitudinal grooves 01'' mortices l t and 15, terminating within the ends of the board, as clearly shown in Fig. 42, The said groove 14: receives a long tenon 16 formed upon the lower edge of and extending through- I out the length of the case-front or frontboard 11, while the said'groove 15 receives a long tenon 17 formed upon the lower edge of and extending throughoutthe length of the case-back or back-board 12. Screws 18, extending upward throu, the base-board into the said tsnons, lown in Fig. 3, firmly, secure the same the grooves 14 and 1d aforesaid. The I" er edges of the front and back-boards l; and 1.2 are thus spaced a art and firmly se ured to the base-board. heir upper edges are correspondingly spaced apart by the spacing-strip 13, the front edge which is entered into a groovh 19 in the inner face eis entered into a groove 20 in the front of the back-board, these grooves following the outline of the upper edges of the said boards 11 and 12 and located near the said edges.

By preference, the spacing-strip r be flexible, to facilitate the ready ins of its edgesinto the grooves 19 and Preferably, also, it Will be made tively thin stock, such as sheet-metal, celluloid, or some paper composition, so to lighten the ease and increase the availa le space within it.

After the several parts are assemble as described, the strip 13 or spacer clamped in place with its edges in 2/0, prefer a clock-movement, provided, as shown, with a flanged front cup 21 seimg into a circular opening 22in tie frontboard and a flanged back-cup 23 setting into a smaller circular opening 24 in the baclr beard, these two cups-being united by the pillars of the clock-movement 26, which which show, nor is it necessary to employ may,of course, be of any approved construction. I

In practicing my invention, the several sections of my improved case are made and, by preference, are completely finished .before assemblance, which'may be done easily and rapidly, without any danger of mar ring their, finish, since no nails, brads, or screws have to be driven into the parts any glue to put the parts together, The bottom-screws 18 are not exposed to view in the finished case. I

Among the advantages of my improved sectional clock-case, in addition to those of reduced cost formaterial and labor, I may add that if desired the'parts may be produced, finished and stored with great economy of space, preparatory to assemblance at a future time, as the clocks may be required for sale. Morever, if desired, such completed and finished parts might be shipped as parts and rapidly assembled by inexperienced persons at their destination.

I claim:

L-A sectional clock -case,vhavmg a base,

I a case-front and a case-back respectively adapted -to have their lower edges secured to the said base in fixed spaced relation, a spacer interposedbetween the upper edges of the said case-front and caseback for holding them apartin fixed spaced relation, and means inde endent of the spacer for drawing thef'sai case-front and case'- back against the edges of the said spacer.

2. A sectional clock-case, having a baseboard, a case-front and a case-back respectively adapted to have their lower edges securedto the said base-board, a spacingstrip having its edges entered into .grooves in the V opposing faces of the said case-front and case-back, and means for drawing the said case front and case-back against the edges of the said strip.

3. A sectional clock-case, having a baseboard, front and back-boards adapted to have their lower edges secured to the said ba'se-'.

. strip.

board, a flexible spacing-strip having 'its edges entered into grooves'in the opposing faces of the-said boards, and means .for.

back-boards against the edges of the said strip.

5. In a sectional clock-case, the combination with a base-board having, in its upper face, two long mortices adjacent its edges, front and back-boards having their lower edgesformed' with tenons fitting into the said mortices, a spacing strip interposed between the upperledges of the-said boards and inserted into grooves formed therein, and a clock having front'and rear cups respectively insertedjnto the frontand back boards and drawn together by the pillars of the clock, whereby the said boards are drawn against the edges of the said spacing- 6. A sectional clock-casev having a base, a case-front and a case-back respectivelyadapted to have their lower edges secured to the' said base, a spacer interposed between and substantially following the edges of the said case-front and case-back for' holding them apart in fixed spaced relation, and means independent of the said spacer for drawing the said case-front and case-back against the edges thereof, 3

. In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD HENRY 'WHITEH'EAD.

Witnesses:

PHILI'P H. ENGLISH, Jon F. QtnN v. 

